The Bay
Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra talks with local journalists about what’s happening in the greatest region in the country. It’s the context and analysis you need to make sense of the headlines, with help from the people who know it best. New episodes drop Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings.

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The Bay Team

Ericka Cruz Guevarra
Ericka Cruz Guevarra

Host

Ericka Cruz Guevarra is the host of The Bay. Before that, she was the show’s producer. Her work in that capacity included a three-part reported series on policing in Vallejo, which won a 2020 Excellence in Journalism award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Ericka has worked as a breaking news reporting at Oregon Public Broadcasting, helped produce NPR's Code Switch podcast, and was KQED’s inaugural Raul Ramirez Diversity Fund intern. She’s also an alumna of NPR’s Next Generation Radio program. Send her an email if you have strong feelings about whether Fairfield and Suisun City are part of the Bay.
Alan Montecillo
Alan Montecillo

Senior Editor

Alan Montecillo is the senior editor of The Bay. He came to KQED from central Illinois, where he was a senior talk show producer at WILL in Champaign-Urbana. Before that, he worked at Oregon Public Broadcasting and co-founded the podcast Racist Sandwich. He was raised in Hong Kong and graduated from Reed College. 
Jessica Kariisa
Jessica Kariisa

Producer

Jessica Kariisa is the producer of The Bay. She first joined KQED as an intern for The California Report Magazine, after which she became an on-call producer. She reported a Bay Curious episode on the use of rap lyrics in criminal trials which won a Society of Professional Journalists award in 2023 for Excellence in Features Journalism and the 2023 Signal Award for Best Conversation Starter. She’s worked on podcasts for Snap Judgment and American Public Media. Before embarking on her audio career, she was a music journalist. Jessica Kariisa is represented by SAG-AFTRA.
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